Since it’s inception in 2001, Groove Q has earned an enviable reputation for imaginative and beautifully crafted composition and sound design. Groove Q translate the ideas of clients and collaborators into the emotional language of music. Co-founders, Alison Cole and Dave Smith, are loved by clients for their openness, originality, musical range, production brilliance and mastery of tight deadlines.

Over the last decade, Groove Q has achieved recognised success for their clients.Some recent examples are ...

Alison
grew up on Cockatoo Island in Sydney harbour,
surrounded by industry and the sea. It was a childhood fueled by creativity
and imagination. Alison went on to become a classically trained composer
specialising in ethnomusicology and, paradoxically, playing in electronic dance
bands. After graduating from the NSW Conservatorium of music, Alison entered
academia for a time, lecturing in linguistics at the University of Sydney.

Her
true passion is music and sound – how it makes you feel, how it can change the
tone and ambiance of a picture and create a narrative. Since founding Groove Q
with Dave
Smith
in 2001, Alison
has delivered emotive & award-winning
results for clients. Creative partners value Alison’s
listening & observation skills, technical mastery, & creative advice.
(and her homemade chocolate honeycomb – it is seriously good.)

Alison has been invited to serve as a juror for the 4th
(2015) AACTA Awards. The awards recognise
professional excellence in the film & television industry,
including directors, actors & writers. It is the most prestigious awards
ceremony for the Australian
film & television industry.

Fascinated
with the bubbling electronic sounds in the 1956 film Forbidden Planet, Dave’s formative years were spent
listening to Moog Plays Bach, Kraftwerk and The Carpenters. Dave began experimenting with Casio
synthesizers and tape loops in his early teens.His
eclectic music career spans two decades. As founding member of the Aria
nominated Boxcar – one of Australia’s ground-breaking
dance music outfits – Dave toured with New Order & Pet Shop Boys,
collaborated with dance music luminaries such as Arthur Baker (New
Order) & Francoise K (Kraftwerk & Depeche Mode), released three
international albums,
& achieved three Top Ten US Billboard hits. Dave has also produced
and
remixed a diverse range of artists including; Severed Heads, The Models,
Single Gun Theory & The Rockmelons. Dave
contributed to the success of two of Sydney’s largest film & tv
sound studios, composing for TV dramas Water
Rats & Murder Call and
numerous award winning TVC’s. Now, as a founding partner of Groove Q, Dave creates powerful, award-winning
music for film & television.
Expert,
intuitive, collaborative. Dave is renowned for his sonic fireworks, provocative
sound aesthetics & world-class technical expertise.